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United States
Press
Representatives’
Visit To St oroix, Virgin
Islands,
U, S, A,
THURSDAY February
21st,
1924,
AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTE
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(Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.)
At
the feot of this
hill to the left are
the ruins of Peter’s
Rest
grinding station.
When
the
St.
Croix Sugar Factory,
commonly called
the
Central
Factory,
near Chris-
tiansted,
was
built in 1878 the company
erected
for such outlying stations
to receive
th_e
cane from
estates
in the neighbourhood.
It was then ground by powerful mills vyhen it
was highly chargzed
with temoerlime
to arrest
acidity when it was pumped
to the factory
following the system
then
in use in Denmark
and Germany,
where
the sliced.
beets
were
thus
handled
on their way to the sugar factory.
But this system
was wasteful
and
ex-
pensive
and gradually discontinued,
and
this on 2 at
Pcter’s
Rest
ceased
operationing
about
1918
as
the
last of
the stations
thus equipped.
The machinery
was sold
daring
the boom
year of 1918
(o parties
in St. Kitts and
the factory
now transports
its
canes
t,)’y
motor trucks.
Continuing
on this road
we approach
and pass
througzn Es2.“*Apna’s Hope™,
now and for the
past
15
years
our agricultural station.
The estate
belongs
to th_e
muni-
cipality
but the station
is
operated
by
the United
States
Department
of Agricuiture.
I'he present
agronomist,
Prof. Thompson,
and
his
able assistants
have
in the late years
rather
bent their efforts
to the growing of vegetables
with the
object of developing
an
industry
for export.
Doctor Longfield Smith,
the
former agronomist
in charge
of
tne
station
from
its inception,
was
an Englishman.
It was
he who developed
the seedling
cane
Se.
12/4 which
has
proven
such
a
wonderful
sugar producer
and plants of whl«;h
have baen
imported
and suceassfully
grown in
Porto
Rien.
S3aanto Domingo
and
also
in
Hawaii.
If
tne gemal
Doctor
had done
nothing else during
his
tenure
of office than
to
producs
this
cane
he would have,
by this great discovery,
earned
his salary.
(To be continued.)
Fresh Vegotahis
Seeds
For Sals
at 10 and
15cts. per pack
at No. 39
King’s
Street.
Radish,
Turnip,
Cucumber,
Cauliflaw-
er,
Musk
Melcn,
Ruta
Baga,
Lettuce,
Parsnip,
Squash,
Onion,
Sweet
Corn,
Beans,
Peas,
Spinach,
Beet,
Salsify.
JOHN ABBOTT.
WEST END MOVIES
FREDERIKSTED
Saturday
Night 8.15
TriflingWith Honor
8 REELS.
1.OCAL
The
s.s.
‘‘Guiana’’ from
New
York
is due
at
Frederiksted
at
3
o’clock
this
afternoon, having
300
packages
for this
island.
The mail way be
looked
for by
regular trip arriving here
by 5.00
p.
m.
The funeral of Mr. Frederick
C. Jack-
son,
Sr.,
yesterduy
afterncon,
was
2a
large
gathering
of people
from
various
walks
of life, indicating
the
popularity
ot
the
deceased.
The
service
at
‘the
Lutheran
Church
was
performed
by
the
Rev.
J- P. Christensen
who also
conduct-
ed
the
burial
rites.
Tha
Native
Brass
Band
head=d
the
procession
vlaying
ap-
propriate airs,
up King Street
by
Market
St.
to the cemeiery.
Hon.
R
H.
Amphlett
Leader:
your
contribution
concerning
the
late
ex-
policeman
Jackson
is
received
and
will
be inserted
tomorrow,
Attention
is directed
to the add of
the
West
End
Movies
where
an
8 reel
pro-
gramme
entitled
‘‘Triflingwith Honor”’
will be screened
tomorrow
night.
After
a hard day’s work this
is just the picture
to afford an enjoyable
evening and
there
will
be
Joubtless
a
full
house.
The
name
of the
film
suggests
a
state
not
uncommon
in real
life; thereis
too much
trifling with
honor
anyway,
See
what
the screen
version
is.
St. Thomas News
His Fxcellency,
Governor
Brantjes,
of
Curacao arrived here
this morning
from
Curacao,
via Portn
Ilice,
vn
tue
S. .
**Catherine’’ on hi~
vayv .otie
Du.eh
Is-
landds
west
of
us
uwsuer his jurisdiction,
The Governor isacermnanizd
by bis Al la,
Lieutenant
Voorth:. is-...
Consul
van
Ep..
aucd
Conunander
Stone
boarded
the
‘‘Catherine’” to wel-
come
the Governor and
escorted
him and
his
aide
to the
laading pier,
where
he
was
meat
by
His Excellenczy,
Governor
Williams and
also
received
full honors.
Later,
the Dutch
Governor
called
on Gov-
ernor
Willlams,
who
returned
the visit
shortly after at
the
residence
of Consul
van Epps.
At noon
a luncheon
was given in honor
of the distinguish2d
visitors
at
th= Exe-
cative
Mansion
by
Governor
Williams,
and
the party
left
this afternoon
for 3r.
Martin
on
the
mail
packet
“‘Virginia’’.
—The Bulletin, March Ist.
The
American
Control
Force
coniist-
ing of U.S.S.
Savannab,
Bushnell,
C.m-
den,
Beaver,
Widgeon,
Ortolan
and
19
submarines
of the ''S’’ class,
left yester-
day for Port
of Spain,
Trinigad,
where
they will spend
about
three
weeks.
7'he
ships
made
a
pretty
speciacle
as
they
left the
harbor,
and
many
of
the busi-
ness
places
will
miss
the
Gobs
in search
of refreshments,
eats,
curios,
ete.
We
understand
that
the
major vart of them
will return
here before
they leave for rhe
North.
Shortly after
th:y
left, a
des-
troyer,
a supply ship,
and
a tug
arrivad,
Another destroyer
appeared
at
the
har-
bor entrance,
but
steamed
westwvard,—
The Bulletin,
3rd March-
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
London,
March
3rd —Lord
Newton’s
motion
in the
tHouse
of
Lords
that
thae
taxation of betting
is both desirabie
aad
practicable,
will come
up on
March
13th
The evidence
brougnt
by
the
House
of
Commons
Committee,
which
last
vear -
quirad
into the betring question
in
view
of
the
proposal
to
place
a
taxation
on
betting
was generxily
to
the
effect
thar
gambling
increas:d
with
the
shorter
hours
of
work
and
betting
was
greater
still
when
there
were
no
strikes.
It
is
in thisg connzcrtion
that
Lord
Muskerry
wili ask
for information
as
to
the
pro-
posed
short
hours
of work
Beriin, March 3rd--1a
the course
of a
specch,
beforc
an
audience
of Germin
Catholics
last night,
the
Minister of
La-
bour,
Henrien
Brauns,
said
there
were
5,000,009
unemployad
persons
in
Germa-
ny
and
15,000;00)
dependent
on pablic
relief,
Brassels,
March 3-d--Cardinal
Mercier
Belgiums
heroic
war cardinal;
has issued
a pastoral
in
which
there
are
frequent
allusiens
to
the
after
war
disappoint-
ments,
including the general
impoverish-
ment
of Europe
and the
gathering
of
great
fortunes by the profiteers.
He
al-
s
scores
Cermany
for her “‘evil’”’deter-
mination’’ oot
(v piv ne
Allles,
for oc-
ganizing fi:tivas biigreptey making any
generous
move
on
the part of the
victors
vut of loe giesiou,
ari,
provoking
eco-
nomi:
peroechicons,
responsibility
for
walca she faisely placed
upon
the Allied
governments.
Meanwhile
until Germany
pays
we
must
work out
our owa
solu-
tion.